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. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ >> we're debating paul ryan's plan -- and the obama administration is loving this. >> every now and then i am known to make a mistake. [ laughter ] >> that was one very big one naming paul ryan as your running mate. up next paul ryan on the social issues. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you. >>> for the first time in 20 years a woman will be moderating a presidential debate, one more bit of evidence that women's issues will be front and center in the presidential race. bad news for paul ryan a man on the front lines of the gop's war on women. as a devout and conservative roman catholic paul ryan is stanchly opposed to abortion. he has tried to make some forms of control birth and invitro fertilization illegal. paul ryan is not just a member of the gop's war on women, he is a full blown cultural warrior, he voted twice against a law against hate crime. oh, and he also received an a from the national rifle system. fo
. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ >> we're debating paul ryan's plan -- and the obama administration is loving this. >> every now and then i am known to make a mistake. [ laughter ] >> that was one very big one naming paul ryan as your running mate. up next paul ryan on the social issues. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with...
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first of all the obama administration 3.5 years into the administration still doesn't have a housing policy. the other reason is they are -- there is fear both in government, in regulatory apparatus and in the banks that if you start to write down principal, everybody will stop paying their mortgage. so the moral hazard issue, when it comes to individual home owners everybody is worrying oh my god if we give this homeowner a break, everybody would want a break. i don't think that would happen because of the effect it has on your credit card score but it's a real fear that nobody has been able to overcome. one quick thing. the attorney general settlement whatever its flaws, is an attempt to show the banking industry that the roof won't fall in if you give principal reduction. >> it took three and a half years at a minimum before this administration recognized the fundamental flaw that they were doing. they simply didn't get their arms around the reality here. and moral hazard is raised the moment it is related to homeowners when it related to the big banks not such a big deal. look, j
first of all the obama administration 3.5 years into the administration still doesn't have a housing policy. the other reason is they are -- there is fear both in government, in regulatory apparatus and in the banks that if you start to write down principal, everybody will stop paying their mortgage. so the moral hazard issue, when it comes to individual home owners everybody is worrying oh my god if we give this homeowner a break, everybody would want a break. i don't think that would happen...
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the obama administration makes a modest reduction from 10 to 5. and romney god a modest bump at best for putting ryan on the ticket. ryan was in glenn alan virginia, attacking the president's handling of the financial crisis. >> undoubtedly, president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came into office, the problem is he made things much worse. >> the question for ryan did he make things worse for the gop ticket. when he denied knowing he accepted stimulus funds, claiming and i quote . . . meanwhile, mitt romney's attack on the president's cut for medicare providers triggered this response from the obama administration. >> the ryan plan aarp says it would undermine medicare and the voucher plan could cost retirees more than $6,000. >> and he tried to raise political costs for his refusal to release his tax returns, and i quote . . . >> but rhodes brushed him off, writing if governor romney's tax returns are the core message of your campaign, there will be ample time for president obama to discuss them over the next 90 days. so how has t
the obama administration makes a modest reduction from 10 to 5. and romney god a modest bump at best for putting ryan on the ticket. ryan was in glenn alan virginia, attacking the president's handling of the financial crisis. >> undoubtedly, president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came into office, the problem is he made things much worse. >> the question for ryan did he make things worse for the gop ticket. when he denied knowing he accepted stimulus funds, claiming...
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this is an opportunity certainly for the obama administration and the obama political team to say women, do you really want to have the ryan-romney ticket. by the way ryan is in the same place in the white house that would affirm essentially that kind of position, even though romney, of course, there should be an exception for at least rape and incest you are. >> eliot: that's his position as of 3:23 this afternoon but it could change by 8:00 tonight. >> exactly. >> eliot: the etch-a-sketch. before we get into the politics of this, at a larger level what is becoming clear to me is there is a strain of thinking in this nation. it's not just a few crazies on the fringe as much as we would like to think it is, who have this perspective. and some how the issue of choice has not continued to grow in terms of popular support for a woman's right to choose, but we're stuck in a rigid 50/50 and there is a significant block that takes what we view as crazy positions. why have we reached this point of equilibrium and why are we not more successful in pushing a point of consensus. >> many people ha
this is an opportunity certainly for the obama administration and the obama political team to say women, do you really want to have the ryan-romney ticket. by the way ryan is in the same place in the white house that would affirm essentially that kind of position, even though romney, of course, there should be an exception for at least rape and incest you are. >> eliot: that's his position as of 3:23 this afternoon but it could change by 8:00 tonight. >> exactly. >> eliot: the...
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. >> eliot: coming up for the obama administration, the leaks keep on coming. first george hw shows his sox and mike tyson and bill o'reilly and colon powell show their vocal range. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the few finder. >> mitt romney, mitt, our buddy is going on a six-state bus tour and mitt is very excited because he's never been on a bus. >> romney: i met a guy yesterday, 7 feet tall. i figured he was in sports. he was not in sports. >> the tall man was not in sports. neither bounce ball nor oblong leather zip lynn kind. >> the nba final. pros okc stands for oklahoma city. cons mia, stands for lebron james in the fourth quarter ♪ lebron james ♪ oooh ♪ >> there's current tv. >> you catch current watch this show. we're current. >> i like a colorful sock. i'm a sock man. >> and they've been comparing your socks to that of justin bieber. >> is he a sock man. >> he is evidently is a sock man. >> i don't know much about the bieber. >> baby, baby boop, boop, bop. >> is that his song. >> i don't think i would like it ♪ i just met yo
. >> eliot: coming up for the obama administration, the leaks keep on coming. first george hw shows his sox and mike tyson and bill o'reilly and colon powell show their vocal range. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the few finder. >> mitt romney, mitt, our buddy is going on a six-state bus tour and mitt is very excited because he's never been on a bus. >> romney: i met a guy yesterday, 7 feet tall. i figured he was in sports. he was not in sports. >> the...
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he is leading a group to try to get the obama administration baum to establish a bipartisan white house council on boys and men, and dr. mychal thompson who is the author of "raising cane." the ar-15 is a rifle commonly see in these shootings. i want you to take a look at this paper ad for the ar-15 rifle, and it says consider your man card reissued. obviously there is a connection between manliness and these weapons. how can we disconnect guns and manliness, or can we? >> let's not do it by attacking four or five year old boys for how they are playing. many mothers have responded today by saying no no you musn't play with guns as if there were a connection between the way that boys play and adult male violence. little boys want to be strong. they want to be masculine. they want to be heroic save the day, beat evil be luke sky walker, and male myths have always involved a boy being strong and rising to the occasion and facing a villain of some kind. that is not the problem. the problem is there are two many boys who don't have an outlet to express their masculinity. these high school sp
he is leading a group to try to get the obama administration baum to establish a bipartisan white house council on boys and men, and dr. mychal thompson who is the author of "raising cane." the ar-15 is a rifle commonly see in these shootings. i want you to take a look at this paper ad for the ar-15 rifle, and it says consider your man card reissued. obviously there is a connection between manliness and these weapons. how can we disconnect guns and manliness, or can we? >> let's...
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the biggest calamity for obama of course, the administration handling of the tragic attack after two weeks of tiptoe around a definitive answer, they released a statement saying that the attacks in libya from deliberate organized attacks carried out by extremists. >> intelligence community put out a lengthy document that explained the timeline here. i think in the days afterwards it was not clear that this was a terrorist attack as their investigation was conducted and they got more information. that's a determination that they made. >> eliot: some romney advisers think this is an area of weakness of obama upon which they should pounce. others say they should stay with the economy. joining me now former assistant to president clinton for national security affairs. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: let's start with the important question. what do we know about al-qaeda's attacks in the consulate in ben gassy. >> this was a well planned attack. somebody had been casing the consulate in benghazi for some time. whether they acted on the spur of the moment or if th
the biggest calamity for obama of course, the administration handling of the tragic attack after two weeks of tiptoe around a definitive answer, they released a statement saying that the attacks in libya from deliberate organized attacks carried out by extremists. >> intelligence community put out a lengthy document that explained the timeline here. i think in the days afterwards it was not clear that this was a terrorist attack as their investigation was conducted and they got more...
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we lost a million jobs, including the first year of president obama's administration. amanda, you know, i still see like for example feinman on huffington post where he said, well, you know, i don't know about running on higher taxes. what's the latest conventional wisdom? have we gotten beyond that. >> i think we will see a lot of democrats run on raising taxes, tammy baldwin running for the senate. she is running on the buffett rule raises taxes over a million dollars so that people making $2 million or more pay 30%. i mean you see people right now, like mitt romney who pay less in effective tax rate less than many middle class americans. democrats wants todro draw those contrasts with republicans. i think you will see democrats running on this. >> i love the tammy baldwin point amanda made there. i don't think it should be the president but all congress members. a poll, to give awe sense, daily kos in september of 2011, 77% in favor of the buffett rule. 66% of republicans are in favor of it t even 73% of those making over 100,000. 50% of tea partyers are in favor of
we lost a million jobs, including the first year of president obama's administration. amanda, you know, i still see like for example feinman on huffington post where he said, well, you know, i don't know about running on higher taxes. what's the latest conventional wisdom? have we gotten beyond that. >> i think we will see a lot of democrats run on raising taxes, tammy baldwin running for the senate. she is running on the buffett rule raises taxes over a million dollars so that people...
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. >> cenk: what has happened under the obama administration? more of the same. every year over the last 15 years with the office and notable and very important exception of 2001 there has been more attacks from right wing extremists more violent acts then from islamic extremists. did you know that the department of homeland security has 25 agents working on islamic extremist. they only have one working on right wing extremism. it used to be six but in 2009 when the department put out a memo that talked about right wing extremeism current economic and political climate fueling resurgence in recruitment, what happened? rush limbaugh fox news, etc. attacked. how could you do this! how dare you investigate the right wing, you will back down, and they did. this the lowered the number of agents from six to one. and guess what, right wing extremist attacks against abortion providers, against muslims, against jews, and against everyone else, it keeps going and going. and by wait, if that wasn't enough they threw in a ton of weaponry and said, have at it, hoss and then w
. >> cenk: what has happened under the obama administration? more of the same. every year over the last 15 years with the office and notable and very important exception of 2001 there has been more attacks from right wing extremists more violent acts then from islamic extremists. did you know that the department of homeland security has 25 agents working on islamic extremist. they only have one working on right wing extremism. it used to be six but in 2009 when the department put out a...
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i think we'll have to wait for a second administration of barack obama to get some relief. the way to help me, and the way to restore justice is by signing my online petition at www.donspiegelman.org so we can send a mention to the message to the president that we want something done. not just my freedom but the freedom from this kind of political prosecuteorial abuse. >> cenk: i hope that the president hears from you and hears from our viewers as well. thank you. >>> when we come back, you think i've been aggressive so far? we'll do the aggressive progressive. the difference between washington and the rest of us, why they don't feel our pain at all when we come back. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an understatement, eliot. so, you guys grew up together. yes, since third grade... what are you lookin' at? not looking at i anything... we're not good enough for you. must be supermodels? what do you model gloves? brad, eat a snickers. why? 'cause you get a little angry when y
i think we'll have to wait for a second administration of barack obama to get some relief. the way to help me, and the way to restore justice is by signing my online petition at www.donspiegelman.org so we can send a mention to the message to the president that we want something done. not just my freedom but the freedom from this kind of political prosecuteorial abuse. >> cenk: i hope that the president hears from you and hears from our viewers as well. thank you. >>> when we...
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the obama campaign--the administration has come up with a new thing called a deep background briefing. where you can't use any of the people's names. you can't even use their quotes. then what the hell is the point. the point is you shut up. you sit here. we feed you a bunch of crap. you write it down and put it into your newspapers. any self-respecting journalist should not want anything to do with that sham. unfortunately, almost all of them go right along with it. we got to go back to challenging the government. that's what the press should be about. now when we come back we'll challenge our government and our corporations. for profit prison versus figure out a way to keep people in jail forever so they can make a profit off them forever. we'll talk about that when we come back. >> based on a sexual assault at 16 derek has been classified as a sexually violent predator and confined behind bashed wire for as long as the state wants to hold him. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't af
the obama campaign--the administration has come up with a new thing called a deep background briefing. where you can't use any of the people's names. you can't even use their quotes. then what the hell is the point. the point is you shut up. you sit here. we feed you a bunch of crap. you write it down and put it into your newspapers. any self-respecting journalist should not want anything to do with that sham. unfortunately, almost all of them go right along with it. we got to go back to...
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david coast is one of the most trusted visors of the obama administration. he's the ceo. the obama guys are pure establishment guys. to be fair, david what do you think the corporate tax rate should be? shouldn't that go up a little bit? he was on cmbc get a load of his answer. >> what do you think the ultimate effective tax rate should be on corporations? >> zero. zero. >> yeah, the problem is from a fairness perspective no one would be able to stand it. but at the end of the day if you look at where jobs come from, they come from companies. if we want to create the most defective foreign pipeline you've ever seen, we would have the lowest rate possible. >> cenk: oh, highest possible pain on you. the lowest possible rate on them. they want to go to a territorial tax system. you know how much that saves companies? it's $134 billion. but understand something. it's not like that's free money. if they don't pay it you pay it. they want to transfer $134 billion of tax payments off of them and on to you. this is the real leaders of the republican party. and by the way oftentim
david coast is one of the most trusted visors of the obama administration. he's the ceo. the obama guys are pure establishment guys. to be fair, david what do you think the corporate tax rate should be? shouldn't that go up a little bit? he was on cmbc get a load of his answer. >> what do you think the ultimate effective tax rate should be on corporations? >> zero. zero. >> yeah, the problem is from a fairness perspective no one would be able to stand it. but at the end of the...
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romney is outraising obama by 11-1 on wall street, and that has a lot of obama administration people worried. they want to get back on the side in some cases of the banks to raise money from wall street for the reelection campaign. >> if i can jump real quick in here, the campaign manager was on wall street a week ago telling wall street bankers we may demonize romney, but we are not demonizing you guys. this outreach to wall street to try rebuild those bridges. it's a tricky dynamic because he needs that money in this unlimited arms race. >> absolutely. that's the same point i was going to make. he promised them ok guys, we won't hurt you. believe me, we know you won't hurt them. thank you so much for joining us guys. >> thank you. >> when we come back, john ratzenberger, cliff from cheers has a great cause that we want to tell you about. it should be an interesting conversation. >> back on the young turks. we have a great guest, john ratzenberger. you might remember him as cliff from cheers. he's the spokesperson for most mobile outreach skills training. great to have you here. >>
romney is outraising obama by 11-1 on wall street, and that has a lot of obama administration people worried. they want to get back on the side in some cases of the banks to raise money from wall street for the reelection campaign. >> if i can jump real quick in here, the campaign manager was on wall street a week ago telling wall street bankers we may demonize romney, but we are not demonizing you guys. this outreach to wall street to try rebuild those bridges. it's a tricky dynamic...
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. >> eliot: haven't you put your finger at the largest crisis in the obama administration. he hasn't given an architecture an intellectual framework for the public to grasp on to. which would have justified the stimulus and health care bill. >> right. i think one of the reasons he hasn't done it is he is afraid if he does that it will make him vulnerable. so he tries to stay to the context, this policy for this reason, as opposed to an overarching plan for what it means to create opportunity. >> eliot: ken unfortunately time is running short. should democrats be panicking or is this a overreaction to one bad evening? and then next week the president will turn to normal. >> they are certainly putting a lot of stock into the vice presidential debate do think this greater unsettled atmosphere around the obama campaign and the administration but we always knew this was going to be a tight race some of the lead was going to shrink headed into the debates and into november, so i don't think we have seen quite as major of a shift as some democrats are fearing at that point. >> eli
. >> eliot: haven't you put your finger at the largest crisis in the obama administration. he hasn't given an architecture an intellectual framework for the public to grasp on to. which would have justified the stimulus and health care bill. >> right. i think one of the reasons he hasn't done it is he is afraid if he does that it will make him vulnerable. so he tries to stay to the context, this policy for this reason, as opposed to an overarching plan for what it means to create...
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is this hype that is good or bad for the obama administration? >> i think it can only be good for the obama administration. >> really? >> you impassioned commentary said it all, but when you have an issue that is so basic that when women watch their pennies that go into that collection plate to pay for this lawsuit it reminds women of an issue that is a line in the sand. >> republicans have associated themselves with the contraception issue, so voters will see a choice in terms of the quality of life quality of care, and the candidates' positions, and the democrats are in one camp and the republicans are in the other and they are going to be connected with this. >> staying with religion mitt romney's mormonism came up yesterday. take a listen to what david axelrod said. >> does the reelect commute tee repudiate the idea that mormonism should is not be on the table? >> absolutely. >> is that good politics? >> absolutely. they should not be the ones debating someone's religion in this campaign. >> i agree. axelrod has these teenage delinquents call
is this hype that is good or bad for the obama administration? >> i think it can only be good for the obama administration. >> really? >> you impassioned commentary said it all, but when you have an issue that is so basic that when women watch their pennies that go into that collection plate to pay for this lawsuit it reminds women of an issue that is a line in the sand. >> republicans have associated themselves with the contraception issue, so voters will see a choice...
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in president obama amping up the rhetoric in advance of the obama administration amping it up in talks with iranians, that's, i think, a way to try to placate the republican party here at home to say, i am tough on national security quote/unquote, tough on national security because i am taking a tough stanchion with iran. the two are connected. >> that's interesting. he is tough on iran so that he can be soft with the republicans again. >> that's one way of looking at it. >> exact. you put it exact right. >> okay. it's also kind of descend sad. look it doesn't mean i am not hopeful about the negotiations. i think they will have them on saturday. i think they can come to a reasonable result. i want to ask david. mike wallace passed away legendary reporter died at the age of 93, worked on "60 minutes." i want to show you a compilation of his reports and see if we can draw a conclusion from it. watch this. >> here with ronald reagan running for president. >> how many blacks are there on your top campaign staff is? >> i couldn't honestly answer you now. >> an early moment here with eleanor
in president obama amping up the rhetoric in advance of the obama administration amping it up in talks with iranians, that's, i think, a way to try to placate the republican party here at home to say, i am tough on national security quote/unquote, tough on national security because i am taking a tough stanchion with iran. the two are connected. >> that's interesting. he is tough on iran so that he can be soft with the republicans again. >> that's one way of looking at it. >>...
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chrysler denies that the ad is pro-obama, but the administration seemed pretty pleased with it. top obama campaign advisor david axelrod had a powerful spot tonight and if there was any doubt, karl rove said he was offended by it. >> i was frankly oh feppedded i'm a huge fan of clint eastwood, it with a as extreme extremely well done ad but the political minions are in essence using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and the best wishes of the management benefited by getting a bunch of our money that they'll never pay back. >> i just really want to roll my eyes, oh my gosh. the republicans might be getting a little worried now that the economy is on the uptick and the bailout is getting prime time positive attention from clint eastwood, a one-time republican, no less. so north joining me to talk about chrysler's ad and some of the other most buzz worthy political ads from the big game is democratic strategist and media consultant jill alper, who is by the way the strategy strategist of my 2006 reelection campaign. jill comes to us from detroit. and jill welcome inside
chrysler denies that the ad is pro-obama, but the administration seemed pretty pleased with it. top obama campaign advisor david axelrod had a powerful spot tonight and if there was any doubt, karl rove said he was offended by it. >> i was frankly oh feppedded i'm a huge fan of clint eastwood, it with a as extreme extremely well done ad but the political minions are in essence using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and the best wishes of the management benefited by getting a...
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which is exactly what the obama administration did today. it's the ninth such enforcement action brought by the two times as many as in the four years under the bush administration did, and they did it in eight years. so of course like any cartoon villain, mitt romney immediately claims that the obama administration isn't doing enough. instead of supporting these tough efforts and enforcement. mitt romney is distorting the trust and really twisting his own past. surprise surprise. because mitt romney was in large by the way of bain capital when bain was running the global tech the, quote, pioneer of outsourcing, which profited from outsourcing. bain capitol controlled global tech and corporate software incorporated and gt bicycle incorporate, and fmtc corporation, all of which shipped jobs to china. mitt made millions by exploiting the very uneven playing field that the president is fix. president obama is trying to bring home the jobs that mitt romney helped to send away. everybody knows this. the press, the president, even china, who said
which is exactly what the obama administration did today. it's the ninth such enforcement action brought by the two times as many as in the four years under the bush administration did, and they did it in eight years. so of course like any cartoon villain, mitt romney immediately claims that the obama administration isn't doing enough. instead of supporting these tough efforts and enforcement. mitt romney is distorting the trust and really twisting his own past. surprise surprise. because mitt...
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the obama administration isn't. go time. ♪ >> richard bernel is a hateful republican conservative. he served on the bush administration for many ambassador and he's a spokesperson there including john bolton, and reporters say he lied consistently and was the biggest liar they had seen in two decades. but that wasn't his problem. he sent out hateful tweets about women, including calista gingrich, but that was not his problem. turns out richard bernel was gay. can you be a foreign policy adviser to mitt romney if you're gay? first let's establish his credentials. this is him being utterly conservative on fox news. >> joining me now rick bernel spokesman for the ambassadors to the united nations. >> i'm not sure that the commander in chief should be holding our u.s. military out for saying that they've done something wrong or they've made a mistake. >> now that was during the qur'an burning episode. no, never make a mistake. attack attack, attack. this guy is as conservative as they can. and they believe they were open to gay people. >> the overmajority of republicans are accepting o
the obama administration isn't. go time. ♪ >> richard bernel is a hateful republican conservative. he served on the bush administration for many ambassador and he's a spokesperson there including john bolton, and reporters say he lied consistently and was the biggest liar they had seen in two decades. but that wasn't his problem. he sent out hateful tweets about women, including calista gingrich, but that was not his problem. turns out richard bernel was gay. can you be a foreign policy...
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then later in the program obama administration well, there is breaking news on bengahzi. we'll bring in the tyt supreme court. are they bluffing or are they telling the truth. we'll get real, you know it. >> another alert saying the embassy in tripoli reported the islamic military group claims responsibility for the bengahzi attack on facebook and twitter and has called for an attack on the you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: now with less than two weeks left before the elections of course, there is a lot going on in the campaigns. i'm going to break down that news for you guys,
then later in the program obama administration well, there is breaking news on bengahzi. we'll bring in the tyt supreme court. are they bluffing or are they telling the truth. we'll get real, you know it. >> another alert saying the embassy in tripoli reported the islamic military group claims responsibility for the bengahzi attack on facebook and twitter and has called for an attack on the you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage...
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>> then and now, the difference president obama administration restricted oil production in the gulf limited develop of american oil shale. >> wait. wait. wait. i thought gas prices were in disastrous shape. wh hpens now? and the gop turns around and uses cory booker to back president obama. >> it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> booker didn't see that coming? of course they were going to do that! and then finally, the tea party's whole-hearted defense of the bankers. >> the government sets the rule. don't blame banks and the marketplace for the mess we're in right now. i am tired of hearing that crap! >> oh, those tea party freshman i'm coming for them! i'm coming! it's go time! ♪ >>> so you remember a couple of months ago -- every moment gas prices gas prices they are so high! my god the gas prices, what are we doing to do? remember this commercial? >> then and now, the difference president obama administration restricted oil production in the gulf limited develop of american oil shale and president obama personally lobbies to kill a pipeline bringing oil
>> then and now, the difference president obama administration restricted oil production in the gulf limited develop of american oil shale. >> wait. wait. wait. i thought gas prices were in disastrous shape. wh hpens now? and the gop turns around and uses cory booker to back president obama. >> it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> booker didn't see that coming? of course they were going to do that! and then finally, the tea party's whole-hearted...
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administration or super p.a.c.s that are in favor of an obama administration, and i mean, quite frankly, tying him to -- to the -- tying the massachusetts health care plan to quote/unquote obamacare, particularly ther this summer when we know the supreme court is going to make a decision on the constitutionality of the patient protection and affordable care act, it's going to be very difficult for him. i think he is going to go have to keep an arm's distance away from michelle bachmann and everyone else. he's got to do this on his own. >> it's going to be so interesting. i was asking joe, josh -- ben labolt billion whether the obama campaign was going to use the language of his opponents. of course they said that they would. to unleash that does it start dribbling outright away or does it even matter? >> well at this point, i think that they start using some of their ammunition while it's still fresh because the republican primary literally still is going on. but we do have a sort of decision where they are going to go. so i think they will probably start rolling out the ads one after a
administration or super p.a.c.s that are in favor of an obama administration, and i mean, quite frankly, tying him to -- to the -- tying the massachusetts health care plan to quote/unquote obamacare, particularly ther this summer when we know the supreme court is going to make a decision on the constitutionality of the patient protection and affordable care act, it's going to be very difficult for him. i think he is going to go have to keep an arm's distance away from michelle bachmann and...
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. >> he is also going to have to start expecting incoming fire from the obama administration. david axelrod tweeted how loving owners transport their dogs. and he put this photo on it. president obama in the presidential limousine with bo looking out the window. a not so subtle way of saying bo is not strapped on top of a car in a kennel craig. >> that's part of what i see as the psychological warfare of presidential politics. and that's what the obama folks are going to do. i would be interested in how the governor feels about that. i think democrats should go negative early and often, and maybe right now. mitt romney is going to get a lot of media attention in defining himself. i think democrats need to define him on his own terms. a lot of americans are going to start paying attention. and this is the time to define him with lots of television ads. bill clinton did that very early, and oddly enough tied them to newt gingrich saying medicare was dying on the vine. >> yeah, don't wait until the convention to get started. it's "countdown"'s coverage of the florida primary. we'
. >> he is also going to have to start expecting incoming fire from the obama administration. david axelrod tweeted how loving owners transport their dogs. and he put this photo on it. president obama in the presidential limousine with bo looking out the window. a not so subtle way of saying bo is not strapped on top of a car in a kennel craig. >> that's part of what i see as the psychological warfare of presidential politics. and that's what the obama folks are going to do. i would...
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the bush administration is next. then foreign competition and then the obama administration. this is roughly right. i would put the republicans higher up. i would not call it bipartisan in congress. but they did do the deregulation in the clinton administration, too. so the american people are right. they know how we got screwed. they know how we lost the middle class. we can't make that mistake again. don't ever listen to them if they tell you tax cuts and deregulation is the way to go. we just showed you that's the exact opposite of the truth. all right, now when we come back on a totally different topic we're going to talk about how anaheim has done something incredibly offensive against latinos again. but we're going to have a debate over it. is it as bad as it looks. when we return. >> they have an event called senor and season [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. try new orbit micro packs. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: fo
the bush administration is next. then foreign competition and then the obama administration. this is roughly right. i would put the republicans higher up. i would not call it bipartisan in congress. but they did do the deregulation in the clinton administration, too. so the american people are right. they know how we got screwed. they know how we lost the middle class. we can't make that mistake again. don't ever listen to them if they tell you tax cuts and deregulation is the way to go. we...
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administration is starting to get a little bit of religion on this stuff nominating schneiderman, that, to me is an indication that he is seeing people want action on these issues, not more talk talk. >> does part of the action mean they are changing leadership at the sec or essentially providing people in key positions actually going to use the power they should be using? >> ultimately, they are going to need new people. i mean the history of the sec and most of the regulators, in fact, is you bring in a bunch of people from the banks that they should be investigating to run the enforcement divisions, look the current head of the sec is bob quasami, former general counsel of deutsche bank that should be under investigation for a variety of things. so they have to ultimately get people. but temporarily, i think they need to take instruction from somebody and somebody to say you have to look into these things. >> the republicans in florida and before that, south carolina, new hampshire, iowa, the republican presidential candidates are about let's get rid of reform. everything the presid
administration is starting to get a little bit of religion on this stuff nominating schneiderman, that, to me is an indication that he is seeing people want action on these issues, not more talk talk. >> does part of the action mean they are changing leadership at the sec or essentially providing people in key positions actually going to use the power they should be using? >> ultimately, they are going to need new people. i mean the history of the sec and most of the regulators, in...
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senator obama when he was in the primary said this is outrageous, i will not tanned for it. after the primaries, he voted for it. both administrations have been mplicit ininhihi wh hwhas resultedulte iss super s computer in tennessee used to break encryption. >> the u.s. army is building a massive high tech facility in the utah mountains. this is it right there, in the makings. they broke ground last year and the nsa says from here, they will protect the country against kiber attacks and be able to store a universe of computer data. critics say it will be the most intrusive intelligence gathering facility on earth. >> the old soviet union would be very proud of us. that is going to cost $2 billion, it's going to be 1 million square feet, just shy of the largest in the world and it's going to use 65 megawatts of electricity. so you have a sense of that what that means? their electricity bill is going to be $40 million a year. that's how big it has to be to collect all the information on all of us. >> the man who broke the story james, great to have you here. >> thanks, chenk.
senator obama when he was in the primary said this is outrageous, i will not tanned for it. after the primaries, he voted for it. both administrations have been mplicit ininhihi wh hwhas resultedulte iss super s computer in tennessee used to break encryption. >> the u.s. army is building a massive high tech facility in the utah mountains. this is it right there, in the makings. they broke ground last year and the nsa says from here, they will protect the country against kiber attacks and...
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for the obama administration they gave him a "b," which i think is too kind. we'll get to that in a second. and the oil industry they gave a "c." they looked at the same reports given by ocean i oceana, they gave "f" throughout. they said you didn't do anything. it's not safer at all! in fact, bob graham, the lead chairman of that oil spill commission said two years has pasted since the explosion of the deep water horizon that killed 11 workers and congress has yet to enact one piece of legislation to make drilling safetier. it's hard not to give out "f" when they have not done a damn anything. but drilling was reauthorize in the gulf because there was enormous republican pressure. when the interior department ken salazar was asked if they had things safer, he said, quote these containment systems are a work in progress. in other words, nope. we could have the same disaster today because we have not done anything about it. well, ana has more on the results of that oil spill and a really interesting report. >> well, clench cenk, i think people are easy to forge
for the obama administration they gave him a "b," which i think is too kind. we'll get to that in a second. and the oil industry they gave a "c." they looked at the same reports given by ocean i oceana, they gave "f" throughout. they said you didn't do anything. it's not safer at all! in fact, bob graham, the lead chairman of that oil spill commission said two years has pasted since the explosion of the deep water horizon that killed 11 workers and congress has yet...
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is different from obama's administration, but the media was trying to paint this as look at obama going after the tea party going after the conservatives. the media spun it in a way where you didn't know what the truth was. there was no evidence indicating that they were going after progressives. the story broke months ago it's been two months. why are we getting this information now? cenk: that's part of why i didn't believe it in the first place. i made the mistake of saying all right, well, everybody is saying the same thing i guess it must be true, but it sounds weird to me. the reason i didn't believe it, that's not who obama is. he does not go after the right wing. he's scared to death of the right wing. they go boo and he goes is everybody all right? in this story, if you remember, he already fired the acting chief of the i.r.s., who had nothing to do with the scandal which turned out to be not a scandal. i'm going to obama right now. give me c2 here, the obama clip where he's preempt actively apologizing if you've got the i.r.s. operating in anything less than a neutral and non-
is different from obama's administration, but the media was trying to paint this as look at obama going after the tea party going after the conservatives. the media spun it in a way where you didn't know what the truth was. there was no evidence indicating that they were going after progressives. the story broke months ago it's been two months. why are we getting this information now? cenk: that's part of why i didn't believe it in the first place. i made the mistake of saying all right, well,...
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when progressive commentators push from the outside, do you think the obama administration liked it? hell no, they hated it. rahm emmanuel went to a group of progressives who were pressuring the blue dog democrats and he called them f-ing retarded. i thought you wanted outside pressure. not if it doesn't help his cause politically. as much as the republicans are full of it, when they say president obama thinks it changed from inside washington, thisthis is a smidgen of proof. now michael shure disagrees with me. let's bring in the epic man for an epic fight. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right michael you heard my case. county point. >> yeah, sometimes you're wrong. sometimes you're very young. and today is a very young day. >> cenk: woo. >> when you're running for president it's not a social movement. it's a campaign for the presidency. that's what he did in 2008. for him to say that today is the exact same thing. you talk about change from washington. this president has made extraordinary prerogative changes. he is not perfect. sometimes you feel like you expect perfection. >> cen
when progressive commentators push from the outside, do you think the obama administration liked it? hell no, they hated it. rahm emmanuel went to a group of progressives who were pressuring the blue dog democrats and he called them f-ing retarded. i thought you wanted outside pressure. not if it doesn't help his cause politically. as much as the republicans are full of it, when they say president obama thinks it changed from inside washington, thisthis is a smidgen of proof. now michael shure...
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administration did the right thing in pulling back from their defense of doma. we're making a lot of progress, and invariably something goes in front of the court i hope what david boyes has put togetrnd tedlslsen. >> let's tete t te presio ntpsint amam u wu wayay kearneyey today saiai he has not changed his position on this. >> yeah. >> now i know there is some other data out here from that gallon -- gallup poll, which is that 78% of liberals support gay marriage 65% of moderates support gay major -- marriage. so if you had to give president obama advice in the middle of an election should the president reverse his decision? >> i think he should do what he thinks -- well, i think he should do the right thing. as dr. king reminded us, it's always the right time to do the right thing and stand up on principlement you can't run the 90-yard dark as i said on equality, marriage is marriage f. we believe in full equality for some americans regardless of gender and ethnicity we need to believe that. >> what would you suggest? >> to do what's in the best interest of hi
administration did the right thing in pulling back from their defense of doma. we're making a lot of progress, and invariably something goes in front of the court i hope what david boyes has put togetrnd tedlslsen. >> let's tete t te presio ntpsint amam u wu wayay kearneyey today saiai he has not changed his position on this. >> yeah. >> now i know there is some other data out here from that gallon -- gallup poll, which is that 78% of liberals support gay marriage 65% of...
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wins. >> there is nothing that says they are going to repeal obama administration care. it is so much more complicated than actually repealing obamacare. all of these states are going to have all of this implemented by then -- >> i don't agree. i think they will repeal it on day one if they have congress. >> i don't. and we'll talk about that later. one thing that hastings said is donald verilli had a good day -- >> i'm not sure i agree with that either. you know why? because they didn't accept his argument. his main argument -- he didn't even really argue the tax thing at the last second -- >> cenk -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> the solicitor general on two cases this week did nobody call a plane wreck and a train wreck and they both made it through the courts -- >> give me a bottom line. republicans advantage or disadvantage -- >> huge, huge disadvantage. this obama thing was upheld by the supreme court in large part today -- and really huge part today. they could run proudly on obamacare. now it has to go back to the economy. the whole idea of running against obama on
wins. >> there is nothing that says they are going to repeal obama administration care. it is so much more complicated than actually repealing obamacare. all of these states are going to have all of this implemented by then -- >> i don't agree. i think they will repeal it on day one if they have congress. >> i don't. and we'll talk about that later. one thing that hastings said is donald verilli had a good day -- >> i'm not sure i agree with that either. you know why?...
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the obama administration has got to feel great about these numbers. if you're a leader and leading this administration, look, the numbers move and the country is progressive. this number will get only larger and larger, until it becomes relevant and everybody in this category is embarrassed. then they'll pretend they were never in that category. it happened in civil rights. now, 56% support legalization and only 36% are opposed opening up a 20-point gap. that's a gigantic lead for legalizing marijuana. again, progressive progressive. let's go to a third issue pro-choice-pro-life. 41% pro-choice. 50%--oh no, my case is ruined. it turns out the country is more pro-life. wait, you know why this is the case? because the right wing has demonized pro-choice and lionized pro-life over and over again. in that same poll when they asked, hey, do you think abortion should be illegal? the country actually overwhelmingly said no. 72% said it should be legal. do you know what that means? 72% are pro-choice. they just don't know it. oh, i don't know, fox has told me
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>> david: the government denies using them you but the obama administration is picking up with george b. bush left off. it marks the first time cyberweapons have been deployed to cripple another country's infrastructure through computer code. but despite an aggressive series of military triumphs for the president that began with the killing of osama bin laden last year his chief rival, mitt romney, argues that reelecting obama would result in iran having a nuclear weapon. romney continued his attacks on obama's foreign policy yesterday. >> as i look around the world i have to believe his positions in foreign policy have not communicated american strength and resolve. so grade f on foreign policiy across the board. >> eliot: joining me now is ric grenell former spokesman for four united states ambassadors to the united united nations under president bush and who most recently served as foreign politically and national security spokesman for presidential candidate mitt romney. thanks for joining me. frankly, i see more continuity with president president bush who you served for many yea
>> david: the government denies using them you but the obama administration is picking up with george b. bush left off. it marks the first time cyberweapons have been deployed to cripple another country's infrastructure through computer code. but despite an aggressive series of military triumphs for the president that began with the killing of osama bin laden last year his chief rival, mitt romney, argues that reelecting obama would result in iran having a nuclear weapon. romney continued...
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. >> as i've been counseling people don't let these obama administration officials who basically treat women like meat, come on, vote with your lady smarts not your lady parts. >> wow. >> have you read "50 shades of gray"? >> no. >> what do you think won the debate between ann romney and michelle obama? >> i would probably have to say michelle obama. >> how come? >> because she gets people in like -- hits people like at the core. she has this like -- it makes people feel like some -- have sympathy for her. >> eliot: that's why we love democracy. voters are so attentive to what's going on in the world. defensive marriage act slapped (vo) during the debates, it's hard to know what candidates are thinking. unless, of course you've stood at the podium yourself. with governors granholm, spitzer, and vice president gore, watch the only truly experienced >> eliot: on friday, september 20 1996, president bill clinton signed the defensive marriage act which defined marriage for federal purposes as a union between one man and one woman but today the second u.s. court of appeals declared doma unc
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crowley formerly of the clinton and obama administrations. now professor at george washington university. thank you for your insights tonight. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: we'll look at mitt romney's economic plan. you'll recognize it. it didn't work last time either. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. with lysol kitchen soap hands are healthy. with lysol kitchen soap, washing dishes is easy. with lysol kitchen soap surfaces are clean. hands. dishes. surfaces. the lysol no-touch kitchen system: the only all-in-one kitchen soap. try it for yourself. lysol. mission for health. [ male announcer ] peppermint that cools as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. >> eliot: let's check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room." good evening governor. what have you got for us tonight? >> jennifer: eliot, mitt romney is looking battered a bruised. we'll go inside "the war room" with rick tyler. we've als
crowley formerly of the clinton and obama administrations. now professor at george washington university. thank you for your insights tonight. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: we'll look at mitt romney's economic plan. you'll recognize it. it didn't work last time either. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. with lysol kitchen soap hands are healthy....
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how do you respond to mitt romney who says the obama administration gave everything to the unions and that unions are essentially one of the reasons why the auto industry was failing? >> you know, again, it's so disrespectful to our membership. and, hourly salary workers, all stakeholders, suppliers, debt holders, dealerships, companies white, clar, blue clar we made significant sacrifices to save the industry. for him to not recognize and really, he should be congratulating the workers for making the sacrifices they did and all of the manufacturing jobs that we saved in this country. and in the most recently recent negotiations, what better example of business and labor and government and community all working together? he doesn't want people to work together. he wants to polarize this country. he insults all of our inten tellgention. it was four weeks ago, six week weeks ago, he was here in michigan saying again that president obama made the wrong decisions on the auto -- saving the auto industry. today, he wants to take credit for it? it's economic cal if it wasn't so outrageous. >
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obama administration but funded by them both indirectly. is there a way to cut this off and delay this from the white house and say get off the stick. >> yes, there are so many avenues that one could go after this, on the 4th amendment the 14th amendment, and the c.i.a. was involved, under title 50 of the u.s. code there is a strong prohibition of the c.i.a. being involved in domestic surveillance, domestic policing, they're not supposed to be doing this. so there are so many avenues and this might--the misuse of this drug--anti drug program might be another avenue to go after. mostly what i would like to do is to get everyone from the mayor to the attorney general you know, from the president on down, to condemn the idea of profiling. to condemn the idea of targeting people based on their religion. whatever avenue we take to go to court and stop this particular activity, that's not enough unless we can just erase the temptation from any police department's mind of ever trying to do something like this. it is such bad policing. driving whil
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the obama administration makes a modest reduction from ten to five in their demands that mitt romney release more tax returns. and the latest poll numbers show romney got a modest bump at best for putting ryan on the ticket. and while romney was puttered around for funds at the southampton, new york, golf club today. >> undoubtedly president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came into office. the president obama is he made things much worse. >> eliot: the question for ryan. did he make things worse for the g.o.p. ticket when he denied knowing he had requested federal stimulus funds for his district? the wall street journal published four of the letters on tuesday. which led ryan to admit today that while he condemned the stimulus as a failure he forgotten the letters because, and i quote, they were treated as a constituent service requests, but they should have been handled differently. i take responsibility for that. meanwhile, mitt romney's attack on the president's cut for medicare providers trigger this response from the obama campaign. >> the ryan plan? aarp says it
the obama administration makes a modest reduction from ten to five in their demands that mitt romney release more tax returns. and the latest poll numbers show romney got a modest bump at best for putting ryan on the ticket. and while romney was puttered around for funds at the southampton, new york, golf club today. >> undoubtedly president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came into office. the president obama is he made things much worse. >> eliot: the question for...